JAY BOLLER
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Updated
3/6/2013

These honorable mentions almost made it into the Are You Local? top three.

When a new-band contest gets 223 submissions, it’s inevitable that some groups slip through the cracks. Hell, we whiffed on a little band called Howler back in 2011. So here’s a collection of notable nuggets panned from the Are You Local? river in 2013.

Fury Things:The dream of the ’90s is alive in Fury Things. The young trio trades in a bombastic, distortion-rich vein of indie rock that recalls Sugar and Sebadoh. See them March 9 at the Amsterdam.